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The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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The said truth is that it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong. ↗

— Jeremy Bentham

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My greatest happiness is to serve my gracious King and Country and I am envious only of glory; for if it be a sin to covet glory I am the most offending soul alive. ↗

— Horatio Nelson

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Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole, and not that of any one class. ↗

— Plato

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The greatest happiness comes from being vitally interested in something that excites all your energies. ↗

— Walter Annenberg

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